Saved By Her Penpal

48.

Omniscient.
February 28, 2018.
1:35pm.

11 months later.

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"No she looks like me bro." Jerome talked to summer grabbing their now 4 month old bay girl Jermoni. "She don't look like you, let it go." He chuckled seeing summer frown because she knew her child looked just like her father with the droopy lip and all.

"If you're being honest she don't look like neither one of y'all, she may be my baby." Dre joked with the two and kissed Myra's now six month belly while Brooklyn and Naomi ran around fighting each other.

Myra and Dre had slipped up and gotten pregnant, he was being careful and she was on the pill and even then they remembered the doctor telling them they couldn't have a baby when they lost the first one, and because they had became careless. She was now carrying his fourth child- their son. Their relationship had improved tremendously and they were now engaged to be married the beginning of next year, Dre would be 19 soon and he wanted to give Myra everything she ever dreamed of having, staring with their son.

He wanted to give all his kids something his parents never gave him, It had been two years and they still hadn't tried to contact him at all but he was fine with that, just a few months ago he lost the only man he looked up to as a father- Naomi's grandad. That hurt him just as bad as losing Amir, and Morgan but he stepped up and helped out with his mother figure- Naomi's grandma who was also fighting her last days as well.

"Dremond! Don't start!" Summer laughed because she knew he knew how to get under Jerome's skin when it came to her. "She looks like me and that's final."

"Nah sis, Jerome with the win." Bricks laughed cradling his 2 month old son in his arms who was now falling asleep. "She got some of your features but looks more like Jerome."

With their twins now being one Winter and bricks had decided when they were younger that they'd wanted to have another baby before their twins had even turned one and luckily it was the boy Winter had wanted. After dealing with the loss of both of his brothers Bricks had went to therapy for a long while also dealing with the issues he had with his mother, Winter didn't kill her that day but a few months later she did pass away from having AIDS and right before that she'd wrote Bricks a letter that gave him some type of closure he took that and moved on from it.

Winter helped him through it all, and she was now working on opening her third business unbeknownst to Bricks it was his own personal barbershop she'd be surprising him with on his birthday.

"How's school going?" Summer changed the subject talking to Dre sitting on Jerome's lap, while he held their daughter.

"It's good, lowest grade is a 80 percent, bringing that up though." He shrugged. Him and Myra were both doing great in college, and they were determined to get their degrees.

"How's the marriage life?" Myra asked her smiling at how happy her and Jerome looked as a family.

Summer and Jerome has been married for a month now, and they were the perfect little family. His family adored her and their child, especially Cookie. Jerome thought his father was bad with the love and affection, after the conversation with his mom almost an year ago she'd stepped up and showed him just how much she loved him. Summer was welcomed with open arms, even when she'd met Cheree she was happy that summer was the type of woman Jerome settled down for in the end. She'd gotten her engagement ring right after having Jermoni, and then her wedding ring three months after that.

Jerome was more than happy that his parents remarried, and Sonja was now in college and had her a nice boyfriend that stepped up for her and Amir. He was happy with his wife, and his family. When he first met Summer he didn't think he'd get this far but he did and he was glad he harassed, stalked, or whatever she used to call it. He was glad he showed her that he was persistent.

"It's good." Summer smiled. "I feel like we've both came a long way." She blushed admiring her family.

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5:35pm.

Sitting at their last coupled therapy session for some reason Summer was nervous. Jerome held her hand, as their therapist made his way into the office and took a seat.

"Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Wilson." Kayco spoke up and took a seat at his desk.

Summer smiled brightly, a few months ago her original therapist had assigned a new therapist for her maternity leave and although summer knew that the woman was Kayco's now wife and woman he'd had his children with she didn't mind because she was the best in town and she didn't look at Kayco that way, and by time Kayco filled his wife's shoes he'd been long over summer and was rooting for her success, marriage and family.

"So let's see, how do you feel being newly weds?" He asked after they said hello. "Jerome want to start?" He asked him.

"No let me." Summer spoke up and began to speak, and confess all of her love for her husband.

She'd went back to when they were pen-pals two years go, up until he got out and showed her different. She felt like he saved her from her past and most importantly herself because before him she was having sex with Kayco just to have sex with him, she stayed in the clubs and drinking when that wasn't her at all. She hadn't known she was holding on to the things that brung her down the most until meeting Jerome and he worked with her through all of it and she was grateful he hadn't gave up on her. She thanked him for saving her from what could have made her a monster, what could have made her the many men from her past, most of all from saving her from the ugly version of herself that never had guidance growing up, the broken girl who was used and abused by many men in her past. She couldn't form enough words of what he had done for her in only two years. She was thankful she no longer had to be afraid to love, or let someone love her for her.

Not only was she stalked by her penpal for a little in the beginning , she was also saved by her penpal in the end.